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| More popular than the Lib Dems |
UKIP won two council seats from the Conservatives in Haverhill yesterday:
| St Edmundsbury Borough Council (Haverhill East) |
| Name | Party | Votes | % |
| Tony Brown | UKIP | 529 | 54% |
| Pat Hanlon | Lab | 240 | 24% |
| David Roach | Con | 157 | 16% |
| Ken Rolph | LD | 54 | 5% |
UKIP gain from Con
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| Haverhill Town Council (Haverhill East) |
| Name | Party | Votes | % |
| Paul Firman | UKIP | 630 | 64% |
| Ken Rolph | LD | 107 | 11% |
| Liz Smith | Lab | 229 | 23% |
UKIP gain from Con
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The best result of the day. though, was in the Clifton North by-election in Nottingham where the Lib Dems were relegated to last place by the Bus Pass Elvis Party.
| Nottingham City Council (Clifton North) |
| Name | Party | Votes | % |
| Patricia Ferguson | Lab | 1,179 | 41% |
| Andrew Rule | Con | 1,025 | 36% |
| Kevin Clarke | UKIP | 536 | 19% |
| David "Lord Biro" Bishop | Bus Pass Elvis | 67 | 2% |
| Tony Marshall | LD | 56 | 2% |